One of the best-known brands in diabetes gear is FreeStyle, made by Abbott Diabetes Care. Traditional fingerstick glucose meters and test strips have been their bread and butter for over 2 decades, ...

Responses to that question vary greatly, depending on who’s being asked. Most medical professionals and experts insist that lancets (the little needles in glucose testing kits) should be changed after ...

FDA expands approval of continuous glucose monitor The FDA has approved a continuous glucose monitoring system to replace fingerstick blood sugar testing in patients with diabetes. The US Food and ...

You’ve used a blood glucose meter to help manage your diabetes. But now, your doctor may recommend a continuous glucose monitor (CGM) as another way of checking that your blood glucose (also called ...

Doctors recommend that diabetics who take insulin check their blood glucose levels four times a day. But piercing a nerve-rich fingertip and squeezing out a drop of blood onto a test strip is painful, ...

WALTHAM, MA – Nova Biomedical is pleased to announce the launch of the Stat EMS Basic blood testing system for ambulance and emergency care in CE mark countries. Stat EMS Basic measures fingerstick ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A noninvasive blood glucose monitor measured glucose with an accuracy similar to fingersticks. This noninvasive ...

Editor’s note: Laura Young, MD, PhD, associate professor of medicine, was UNC’s principal investigator for this six-month clinical trial that shows the use of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) ...

Blood glucose (sugar) levels fluctuate throughout the day, influenced by factors such as food, exercise, stress, and medication. If blood glucose levels are too high (hyperglycemia) or too low ...